The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-04-16

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are about the same TO ocompetitivep points,
and a little lower 10 places whore there
Is no competition. We quote:
No. specular and magnetic Besse-
mcr ORES per ton.......................SI D0@7 90
No specular mon Bessemerl ores
per ton, vu@o op
Non. Bessemer Hematites............... 9 OOm6 75
Cleveland Iron Trade Review.
Ryan Bros, Of GAINESVILLE, Wis, have
taken the contract To put in the Dunn
mine spur. The spur is continuation
OF the Mastodon branch. Work was
commenced late last week and on We'd
nesday morning "a small crew OF men was
set TO work grading. The work of grad
the rock cut, about hall way between the
Mastodon and Dunn mines. An ad-
ditional force Of twenty-five laborers
went out ON Thursday morning and
twenty-five or thirty more men will be
added to the crew before next week
Work OF cutting out the riaht-of-way will
be begun next week and il is the inten-
ton OF the contractors tn push oper-
ations as rapidly as possible and have
the spur completed and the Dunn mine
placed on the list Of shippers not later
than June.
II is quite probable that the splendid
water power at the falls will soon be
utilized. Nothing is known TO "A acertain-
ty as yet. Col. Howe, OF Kenosha, Wis,
and other gentlemen are figuring with an
electrical concern for an electric plant To
be built at the falls The idea is 20 fur
nish power TO the Paint River, Youngs-
town and Great Western mines, all To-
Gated less than half Of mile from the
falls. The power will be generated at the
falls and transmitted To the mines
by means Of pipes, not unlike the Hy-
draulic Power Co., at Iron Mountain.
The project is most feasible one and il
IL "A wonder that il WIS not done long
ago.
The possibilities of seventy-fve cents
worth OF iron ore are shown in a table
recently published in a Pennsylvania
paper. That amount OF ore made into
bar iron was estimated 10 be worth S5,
and it's value progresses when manu-
factured asfollows: Horseshoes, 5000; /;
table-knives, $50; fine needles, $1,000;
shirt buttons, S29,4 400; watch-springs,
$500, 900; hair springs, 500, 900; pallet
arbors, $2,577 ,595. Human thought
and intelligent work thus makes the
crude and cheap ore worth many thous-
and times more than it's first value.
A party Of Chicago gentlemen, among
them George II. Tuttle, formerly OF Com
monwealth, has organized n company TO
be known as the Iron Range Mining Co.,
with capital stock ofS1 900, 900. The
company will thoroughly explore, for
iron ore the northwest quarter OF Sec
ton thirty-six, 43-33, west OF here.
Many good and encouraging Indications
OF the presence Of n large body OF ore,
have been found in that particular To-
cality and no doubt careful explorations
will bring il to the light Of day.
/. r. Crisler, OF Chicago, who is min
ing man and who has for several years
been closely identified with gold, silver
and other mining industries in Arizona,
Colorado and New Mexico, sojourned in
Crystal Falls few days this week. Mr..
Crisler's mission here was in the interest
OF syndicate who propose to test
property west OF the Sheldon K Shafer
mine for iron ore. Operations will be
commenced at once.
III. G. Kimball continues his explora-
tory work ON lot 3, over the river, with
good Indications Of ultimatesuccess. AT
present a drift is being driven east, or
into the bank from the river Some very
fine samples Of ore have been found, but
not i'm place. IL is certain that the ledge
is not very far off. The outlook is Of
such promising nature that others are
anxious TO take n hand in IL.
Frank p. Mills, who not long ago, held
the position OF superintendent OF the
Youngstown and other mines ON this
Range, lately with the Union Steel Co.,
OF Chicago, has succeeded Don IA. Bacon,
resigned, as general superintendent OF
the Cleveland mine. Mr.. Mills is n son
OF Il. p. Mills, Sr., who was supcrintend-
cnt OF the Cleveland many years ago.
The Mastodon Iron Co. has prepared